The chapter introduction juxtaposes the stories of Marines in Vietnam and National Guardsmen at Kent State to make what point?
A. America divided over the fundamental question of who was a true friend and who the real enemy.
B. Communist infiltration could harm Americans just as it did the South Vietnamese.
C. Poorly prepared and ineptly led armed forces led to America's defeat at home and abroad.
D. In the Vietnam War, the military was less the villain than the victim.
Answer: A
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A) a border dispute. B) a dispute over gold. C) American claims to California. D) an unprovoked Mexican attack on San Antonio.
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
(A) He didn't want to open another theater in the war against Britain and Spain (B) He was having trouble controlling the Native Americans in the region (C) He didn't want the U.S. to become allies with Britain (D) He needed the money
Hippocrates believed that most illnesses were caused by diet or environment.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
How did preemption affect migration?
A) More people migrated when assured that preemption would allow them to own the land they had improved. B) It allowed Native Americans the right to refuse to leave land they had improved in Florida to settle in the West. C) It gave land speculators the first rights to purchase public domain land, encouraging speculators to migrate west. D) It allowed the government to seize land from farmers, discouraging people from moving west. E) It permitted squatters to occupy Native American camps while they were migrating for seasonal hunting or gathering trips.